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> [I wanted to experience both. I wanted worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. I wanted what the Greeks called kalos kai agathos, the singular balance of the good and the beautiful. I'd been missing both during these last hard years, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-wanted-to-experience-both-i-wanted-worldly-enjoyment-and-divine/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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